Surviving Redundancy – Top Tips
Now more than ever before it is more than likely that you or someone close to you will be made redundant. Sadly it is the way of the world of work today, and the mere word redundancy no longer carries the same stigma as it did in the past. Redundancy can be a great opportunity [...]
Scaling up a micro business for a large project
Whatever size of business you operate, there are bound to be peaks and troughs in the order book. We’ve all had the experience of having taken on too much work and suddenly finding ourselves working 20 hour days. Sometimes the peaks can be managed by teaming up with another freelancer to get the work done. [...]
Guest post: Achieving the Balanced Life
We love posting guest blogs from members of the Birds community, this is guest post from Ruth Billheimer People often ask “Why ‘Virtual Balance’? What does that mean?” Image by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr Answering this question has made me think about the principles behind my work. The practical techniques I use range from [...]
The ever-changing vocabulary of work
Language is constantly evolving. We adapt, bend and reshape it according to our needs; and new words are coined, while others gradually fall out of favour or simply become redundant. The latest editions of the Oxford Dictionary of English and the New Oxford American Dictionary, include new words and phrases that many of us are [...]
Starting Your New Job [First impressions count]
It’s not only the first day in a new role at work but also the first 100 days that are significant for you, your colleagues and the company you are going to work for. AND It’s not just your first impression, and the impression you make but also your performance during those initial days that [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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